MN1 (registration) application processing timelines (only)

[Muhammad Malik]

Hi pmnagendra123

Thank you for your reply. The above is true if i get the certificates in time and process the application for the British Passports. But in a situation where i don't get certificates in time and as you mentioned they will be considered the Nationals of the country the hold passport for. My kids don't qualify for ILR as they are eligible to register as British citizens. I have discussed with HO and they said in this situation i will need to speak to the immigration officer at the port of arrival and its up to them to allow the Kids in. But the question remains as to how they board the plan from the country of departure as i don't believe they will be allowed to board in the absence of a valid visa/British passport.

[pmnagendra123]

Hi pmnagendra123

Thank you for your reply. The above is true if i get the certificates in time and process the application for the British Passports. But in a situation where i don't get certificates in time and as you mentioned they will be considered the Nationals of the country the hold passport for. My kids don't qualify for ILR as they are eligible to register as British citizens. I have discussed with HO and they said in this situation i will need to speak to the immigration officer at the port of arrival and its up to them to allow the Kids in. But the question remains as to how they board the plan from the country of departure as i don't believe they will be allowed to board in the absence of a valid visa/British passport.

yes, Kids wont be allowed to board the aircraft without a valid visa or UK passport when travelling to the UK.
Only other option would be to wait for the certificates to come in.

Please check on applying for a temporary visa which will allow them to travel. In such situations you will have the option to apply for a 6 Months travel visa.

It is better to check with the British High Commision in your home country explaining your situation. There is a visa category ( I am not sure what it is called) which will allow Visa holders to travel to the UK incase they loose their Biometric Residence Permit while traveling. So this should apply to your kids as well.

[aliq09]

IMO , apply for the ILR for the kids . As i understand during your ILR SET 0 application you have said / in your plans .. I will register my children as British citizen after my successful ILR. It will cost you fortune but will give you " solution " towards your problem. They can apply for ILR ( my opinion seniors can discuss)

[aliq09]

IMO , apply for the ILR for the kids . As i understand during your ILR SET 0 application you have said / in your plans .. I will register my children as British citizen after my successful ILR. It will cost you fortune but will give you " solution " towards your problem. They can apply for ILR ( my opinion seniors can discuss)

See this link as well :::::: https://www.gov.uk/join-family-in-uk

[mikeg]

MN1 x 2

UPDATE

Eligibility criteria: Section 1(3)
Date of receipt by Home Office: 19/05/2015
Date of debit of fees: 05/06/2015
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 10/06/2015
Date Biometric letter received: 10/06/2015
Date Biometric given: 13/06/2015
Date of receipt of approval: Waiting
Date of receipt of documents: Waiting
Date of receipt of registration certificate: Waiting

[satish7686]

@ Presario
I think April applications should wait..
I applied in March and still waiting for nearly 3 months. It's pretty bad to say the least, also we haven't got any approval from any body since one month now.

Don't know what they are doing (or NOT doing)
i think u r correct skar ..even i applied in march they took the fee within week and send the acknowledgement after that i havent heard any thing for them i dont know wat they doing

[william_mv]

Eligibility criteria: Section 1(3)
Method of application: NCS (Bracknell Forest) on 15/05/2015
Date of receipt by Home Office: 18/05/2015 (Delivered by DX Courier Service)
Date of debit of fees: Waiting
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: Waiting
Date Biometric letter received: Waiting
Date Biometric given: Waiting
Date of receipt of approval: Waiting
Date of receipt of documents: N/A - As done through NCS
Date of receipt of registration certificate: Waiting

The lady at NCS said that due to intriduction of biometrics for citizenship applications from 6th April, 2015 there is currently a backlog and the Home Office (Liverpool) may take 1 month + to respond with acknowledgement...

Update:
Method of application: NCS (Bracknell Forest) on 15/05/2015
Date of receipt by Home Office: 18/05/2015 (Delivered by DX Courier Service)
Date of debit of fees: 04/06/2015
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: Waiting
Date Biometric letter received: Waiting
Date Biometric given: Waiting
Date of receipt of approval: Waiting
Date of receipt of documents: N/A - As done through NCS
Date of receipt of registration certificate: Waiting

Planning to call the home office today, its nearly 2 weeks since they have deducted the fees and I am yet to receive the acknowledgement & biometric letters!

Just got off the phone with Home Office: 03001232253, the guy on the other end was quite helpful, took my name and mobile number and on hearing the date the fees were deducted, said it was quite strange that I have not received the acknowldgement yet, said the biometric letter might take some time to come. He said someone will call me back within 24 - 72 hours, lets see what happens....

Did u receive any call from them yet?

[avimanyu_sengupta]

Update:
Method of application: NCS (Bracknell Forest) on 15/05/2015
Date of receipt by Home Office: 18/05/2015 (Delivered by DX Courier Service)
Date of debit of fees: 04/06/2015
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: Waiting
Date Biometric letter received: Waiting
Date Biometric given: Waiting
Date of receipt of approval: Waiting
Date of receipt of documents: N/A - As done through NCS
Date of receipt of registration certificate: Waiting

Planning to call the home office today, its nearly 2 weeks since they have deducted the fees and I am yet to receive the acknowledgement & biometric letters!

Just got off the phone with Home Office: 03001232253, the guy on the other end was quite helpful, took my name and mobile number and on hearing the date the fees were deducted, said it was quite strange that I have not received the acknowldgement yet, said the biometric letter might take some time to come. He said someone will call me back within 24 - 72 hours, lets see what happens....

Did u receive any call from them yet?

Update:
Method of application: NCS (Bracknell Forest) on 15/05/2015
Date of receipt by Home Office: 18/05/2015 (Delivered by DX Courier Service)
Date of debit of fees: 04/06/2015
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 15/06/2015 (dated 04/06/2015 - really slow!)
Date Biometric letter received: 16/06/2015 (dated 11/06/2015)
Date Biometric given: 17/06/2015 (@ Bracknell PO)
Date of receipt of approval: Waiting
Date of receipt of documents: N/A - As done through NCS
Date of receipt of registration certificate: Waiting

Didn't receive any calls but received the letters and completed the Biometric, the ball is back in Home Office's court now....

[kimuinteractive]

Hi Gurus
I have been a regular follower of this group for the past 3 months.

I have applied for my son on 1st April 2015 and have not got a certificate until now. As you know there is no traction on MN1 certificates being issued. Home office clearly has the clause of case getting delayed 'upto' 6 months.

Could the gurus of this forum comment on what options are available to us. Atleast if there is some traction on the MN1 issuance it will be convincing. MN1 are for children who are very young and the cases are quite straighforward when compared to other cases. Quite frustrating to understand the rationale behind 6 months and this delay.

On a side note, I applied for a similar certificate in Indian embassy last year and they charged 18£ and 1.5 week to process !!! Indian system has certainly improved compared to English home office decisions.

[tier1o]

Please refrain from any comments in this thread, its only for MN1 timeline. You can start new thread if you have queries on the subject.

[sjy22]

FYI

Eligibility : section 1(3)
Method of application: NCS
Date of Application:05/02/2015
Date of receipt by UKBA: 06/02/15
Date of debit of fees: 13/02/15
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 17/02/2015 (dated: 13/02/15)

L---o----n---g w----a----i---t

Date of receipt of registration certificate: 16/06/15 (dated: 10/06/15)

Finally, I got the certificate yesterday. BE PATIENT!!!

[avimanyu_sengupta]

FYI

Eligibility : section 1(3)
Method of application: NCS
Date of Application:05/02/2015
Date of receipt by UKBA: 06/02/15
Date of debit of fees: 13/02/15
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 17/02/2015 (dated: 13/02/15)

L---o----n---g w----a----i---t

Date of receipt of registration certificate: 16/06/15 (dated: 10/06/15)

Finally, I got the certificate yesterday. BE PATIENT!!!

Congrats!

[seagull_partyof1]

I received an email update from the UKVI, and my daughter's application was definitely received and is processing. Now that I know the documents got to the correct place, the actual waiting game can begin.

Eligibility criteria: section 3(2)
Method of application: Post
Date of receipt by UKBA: 17/04/15
Date of debit of fees: waiting
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: waiting
Date of receipt of document: waiting waiting
Date of receipt of approval: waiting
Date of receipt of registration certificate: waiting

[william_mv]

I received an email update from the UKVI, and my daughter's application was definitely received and is processing. Now that I know the documents got to the correct place, the actual waiting game can begin.

Eligibility criteria: section 3(2)
Method of application: Post
Date of receipt by UKBA: 17/04/15
Date of debit of fees: waiting
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: waiting
Date of receipt of document: waiting waiting
Date of receipt of approval: waiting
Date of receipt of registration certificate: waiting

was it response of your email or they have just sent you status update?

[seagull_partyof1]

I received an email update from the UKVI, and my daughter's application was definitely received and is processing. Now that I know the documents got to the correct place, the actual waiting game can begin.

Eligibility criteria: section 3(2)
Method of application: Post
Date of receipt by UKBA: 17/04/15
Date of debit of fees: waiting
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: waiting
Date of receipt of document: waiting waiting
Date of receipt of approval: waiting
Date of receipt of registration certificate: waiting

was it response of your email or they have just sent you status update?

I have been emailing back and forth with them to find out whether they'd received the package and they confirmed they did receive it. That's all I know.

[pebb1ee]

Interim update:

Eligibility criteria: section 1(3)
Method of application: NCS Hounslow - 21st april 2015
Date of debit of fees: 15th May
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: n/a
Date of receipt of biometric enrollment letter: 18th June 2015
Date of enrollment of biometric: waiting
Date of receipt of approval: waiting
Date of receipt of registration certificate: waiting

[Kartal23]

Hi I did try to get referee to sign to mm1 form but health visitor refused to sign it. My daughter is 18 months old. On the form saying referee should be teacher , health visitor or social worker however we don't know any one apart from health visitor so could you help me who can be referee for my daughter. Many thanks

[tahir.usman201]

Hi,

You need a professional which could be any one does not matter if you cant get sign from health visitor or teacher or doctor. You Can get sign from Accountant or Manager or any professional and one ordinary person with British passport holder who know for last 5 years.

One should be British
One should be Professional.

THanks

[Kartal23]

Thank you brother .

[mshareef]

Hello All,

Has anyone received naturalization certificates after completing biometrics ??

[Raza82]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: section 1(3);
Method of application: NCS (Trafford Council)
Date of receipt by UKBA: 03/04/2015
Date of debit of fees: 23/04/2015
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 27/04/2015
Date of receipt of approval: Waiting
Date of receipt of documents: waiting
Date of receipt of registration certificate: waiting

[pebb1ee]

Interim update:

Eligibility criteria: section 1(3)
Method of application: NCS Hounslow - 21st april 2015
Date of debit of fees: 15th May
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: n/a
Date of receipt of biometric enrollment letter: 18th June 2015
Date of enrollment of biometric: 19th June 2015
Date of receipt of approval: waiting
Date of receipt of registration certificate: waiting

[Raza82]

Application Timeline MN1
Eligibility criteria: section 1(3)
Method of application: NCS (Manchester)
Date of application: 24/03/2015
Date of receipt by UKBA: 25/03/2015
Date of debit of fees: 30/03/2015 (from Debit Card)
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 02/04/2015 (dated: 30/3/2015)
Date of receipt of approval: Waiting
Date of receipt of registration certificate: Waiting

Waiting.. .. ..
SKAR

Hi SKAR,

are you still waiting for certificate?

[SKAR]

Yes,
still waiting and very frustrated..

[Allesheikh]

Hi Everyone,

Has anyone called HO recently to find out which month applications they are working on. HO is dead these days before April they were completing applications within 4 weeks I don't know what's going on. I have also applied for my wife flr m and its 8 weeks no decision, It's very frustrating.

Please post if anyone receive any approvals.

Thanks
Ali